Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bare | No | Yes | Yes | No |
spare | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
bare (noun) | spare (noun) |
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a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls | |
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle | |
an extra component of a machine or other apparatus |
bare (adjective) | spare (adjective) |
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lacking its natural or customary covering | lacking in magnitude or quantity |
not having a protective covering | thin and fit |
having everything extraneous removed including contents | lacking embellishment or ornamentation |
providing no shelter or sustenance | not taken up by scheduled activities |
lacking in magnitude or quantity | more than is needed, desired, or required |
just barely adequate or within a lower limit | kept in reserve especially for emergency use |
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | |
lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
having no clothes on the body | |
lacking a surface finish such as paint |
bare (verb) | spare (verb) |
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lay bare | use frugally or carefully |
make public | give up what is not strictly needed |
expose to view | refrain from harming |
save or relieve from an experience or action |